The problem: one of your team members has been found to be stealing food from the common kitchen. Food supplies are low, and other team members are unhappy. Name-calling has ensued, and you fear you may need to cut the expedition short if you do not resolve the conflict effectively.

I'M TRYING TO PUT IT IN A ESSAY FORM BUT I LEFT OUT SOME STUFF ...HERE'S MY ESSAY.. TEAM MEMBER STEALING. I'M TRYING TO GET TO SONG BETTER..IF YOU WANT USE IT AND ADD TO IT THATS FINE...'

I believe the best strategy to address the problem
with the team member for stealing is to hold a private conversation. Together,
we would work out a solution in which the team member would work off their debt
to society in order to avoid paying a fine or imprisonment. In exchange, I would
allow the employee to continue working for food, clothes and personal items
they can use as a repayment. Since more team members who work on the land, the
more plentiful this method would work in theory. I would first discuss the plan
with the team members as a whole. As for the team members of the crime, they
deserve to know how the loss will be repaid.

Next, I would go to the team members
individually and give them the suggested option. If the idea was not accepted,
I would impose the strategy in which the team members would win and the team
members would be forced to work with no chance of continuing to work for food,
clothes, and personal items after the debt was repaid. I believe in utilizing
the strategy that would help all parties first, and only resorting to the strategy
if there is no other option. I would print out charts and explanations of the
plan to help both the team members and the other team member will see why this
is a better option. In addition I would make the team members of the group go
out and hunt for food to compensate for the lack of food.

For the team members, who knows they will have
a secure job afterwards would probably put more effort into the work and this
will produce more goods. And the team members, having a chance at redemption
and also a secure job would hopefully ensure their cooperation.

To solve the conflict, it
would be best to attempt to use a collaborating conflict management strategy.
Collaboration is best in this scenario because it allows for everyone to
regroup in their thoughts and find ways to make a “win-win” situation for
everyone. The team member who has been caught stealing food is driven by hunger
and sees this as a way to solve his or her own issue. However, that leaves the remaining
members of the team potentially hungry and unhappy. By utilizing collaboration,
we can find ways to make sure that we are all fed so no one goes hungry. This
is the best strategy to use in this situation because we are all stuck on the
island together and so team work isn’t just an option- it’s vital for survival.
I will communicate this to the group by telling them that if we all put our
minds together and utilize our assets, we can all come out victorious and full.
I will offer up the initial thought of scavenging for plants and berries to
eat. Then, I will ask another member their thoughts. By the end, we may think
of ways to even hunt for food! By putting the situation in a positive tone and “thinking
forward” instead of thinking back on the situation, it will lessen the
animosity towards the team member who is stealing food and show him or her that
there are other ways to be fed! If this does not work, I would chose being accommodating
to the member who is stealing food by offering up some of my own. Although this
isn’t as effective as collaborating, it is the second best choice in this
scenario because it makes the majority of the party happy (the other team
members will have their food and the person stealing will temporarily have
more). By being accommodating, it will hopefully gain empathy and trust from
the person stealing. Ultimately I would hope this empathy would transcend into
a mindset to be more accommodating.